Privacy Policy

 

This is the Privacy Policy of Beach Habitats, LLC, DBA Beach Habitats 30A, and its affiliates

and governs the collection and use of information gathered from or provided by you

through www.Beachhabitats30a.com and www.BH30A.com and each website provided by

Beach Habitats that links to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “website”). The Privacy

Policy applies to all “users” of the website, including both users who simply visit the

website and users who submit information to us through the website. Please review this

Privacy Policy carefully because it contains important information concerning your use of

the Website. If you do not want us to gather and use information about you as described in

this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Website. Your use of the Website constitutes your

acceptance of and agreement to this Privacy Policy.

 

1. Our Privacy Policy is based upon respect. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to identify

for you the nature of the information that may be collected about or from you in connection

with your use of the Website and the way in which we may use and disclose this

information.

2. Types of Information Collected. We may collect the following types of information from

you:

(A) information that you actively choose to disclose when you submit an information

request through the Website, sign up to receive one of our community e-newsletters,

participate in an online survey or use the “Email your Favorites” feature on the website,

such as your name, address, telephone number, email address or other information by

which you may be identified,

(B) information automatically collected when you visit the Website, such as your IP

address, browser type and other software and hardware information, and information

about what web pages you have viewed, what queries you have run and advertisements

you have viewed, and

(C) information that other people provide to us about you when they send you a property

listing using the “Email your Favorites” feature on the website.

 

3. Use of Information Provided. We do not sell or otherwise disclose information about you,

except as described in this Privacy Policy. Beach Habitats may use and disclose information

collected from you through the Website in the following circumstances:

To contact you. We may periodically send you information and promotional materials

about our services, properties, and products in which we believe you may be interested. If

you want to stop receiving informational and promotional materials from us you can follow

the unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email or contact us at

info@Beachhabitats30a.com.

 

To fulfill requests submitted by you. If you request information or services from us, or if we

receive your email address because someone you know has sent a property listing to you

through the “Email your Favorites” feature on the Website, we may use the information

provided about you to fulfill the applicable request. If we receive your email address

because someone you know has sent a property listing to you through the “Email your

Favorites” feature on the Website, will not use your email address for any reason other

than to send you the property listing, and any related message, that is sent to you by that

person.

 

To perform market research. We may use and disclose information collected through the

Website for market research purposes, for project planning, or for the development of

prospect lists for our communities. In addition, we may use your information in an

aggregate manner with the information of others and may use and disclose such statistical

information in connection with managing our business. To provide and manage the

Website. We use the information we collect from and about users to measure and improve

the services and features offered through the Website, to allow you to participate in

contests or promotions, to enable you to communicate and share with other users and to

provide you with customer support and respond to our inquiries.

 

How We Share Your Information with Third Parties. We do not sell or rent user

information we collect through the Website to any third parties for their own marketing

 

purposes. In the event we want to sell or rent your information to third parties for their

own marketing purposes in the future, we will notify you and you will have an opportunity

to affirmatively opt in to receiving these third-party marketing communications. Beach

Habitats does share your information with third parties in some circumstances as follows:

To allow third-party service providers to assist us in connection with the website. We may

make your information available to certain third-party service providers, such as

contractors, agents, or sponsors, who help us manage the website or provide services

through the website by, for example: developing or supporting products and features;

conducting email marketing on our behalf; processing transactions; administering message

boards; processing data or statistics; or assisting with the administration, judging and prize

fulfillment aspects of contests, promotions, and sweepstakes. These third-party service

providers are required to protect the information we entrust to them and not use it for any

purpose other than the specific service they are providing to us.

 

In connection with business transfers. In the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or

other sale of all or a portion of our assets, any user information owned or controlled by us

may be one of the assets transferred to third parties. We reserve the right, as part of this

type of transaction, to transfer or assign your information and other information we have

collected from users of the website to third parties. Other than to the extent ordered by a

bankruptcy or other court, the use and disclosure of all transferred user information will be

subject to this Privacy Policy. We note that information submitted or collected after a

transfer may be subject to a new privacy policy adopted by the successor company.

 

To protect users and in connection with law enforcement. In addition, we may use and

disclose information that we have gathered from you or that you have provided to us if we

believe that any law or regulation requires us to do so, to respond to a subpoena or

governmental request, as we deem it advisable or necessary to protect our safety, rights or

property, or that of our employees, agents, affiliates, users or others, and to respond to a

possible violation of this Privacy Policy. You should be aware that, following disclosure to

 

any third party, your information may be accessible by others to the extent permitted or

required by applicable law.

 

Beach Habitats’ Use of Cookies and Web Beacons. We use “cookies” and other tracking

technologies which are comprised of small bits of data that often include an anonymous,

unique identifier. The website sends this data to your browser when you first request a

webpage and then stores the data on your computer so that the website can access the

information when you make subsequent requests for webpages from the website. We use

these technologies to help us provide a better user experience by measuring which Website

areas are of greatest interest to you. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies,

however, you can choose to disable cookies in your browser. If you elect to disable cookies

in your browser you should still be able to access most webpages on the Website.

Certain web pages on the Website may contain web beacons (also known as internet tags,

pixel tags and clear GIFs). When you receive newsletters or promotional e-mail from us, or

use the “Email your Favorites” feature on the Website, we may use web beacons,

customized links, or similar technologies to determine the date and time the e-mail was

sent, whether the e-mail has been opened and which links you click in order to provide you

with more focused communications and information.

 

6. Third Parties’ Use of Cookies and Web Beacons. The Website may include third-party

advertising, links to other websites, and other content from third-party businesses. These

third-parties may use cookies and web beacons to track the actions of users online over

time and across different websites or platforms to deliver targeted electronic

advertisements to an individual user. For information about how tracking works for online

advertising purposes, you can visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices.

 

Beach Habitats does not have access to or control over web beacons or cookies that third-

party websites may use. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of

 

these third-party websites. You are encouraged to review the privacy policies of the

different websites you visit. In addition, some third-party advertising companies may

provide a mechanism to opt-out of their technology. For more information about the opt-

 

out process, you may visit the Network Advertising Initiative website, available at:

http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp. In addition, your browser

may allow you to adjust your browser settings so that “do not track” requests are sent to

the websites that you visit. However, Beach Habitats will not disable tracking technology

that may be active on the Website in response to any “do not track” requests that we

receive from your browser.

 

7. Live Chat and Contact Forums. If you post information about yourself via chat or similar

interactive portions of our Website, that information may be viewed and used by Beach

Habitats.

 

8. Notice to Residents of Countries outside of the United States. Beach Habitats is

headquartered in the U.S., the Website is hosted in the U.S. and the data you submit to the

Website is stored in the U.S. The privacy and data protection laws in the U.S. may not be

equivalent to similar laws in your country of residence. By using the Website, or by

providing us with your information, you consent to the collection, transfer, storage, and

processing of information to and in the U.S.

 

9. Securing Your Information. We use commercially reasonable administrative, technical

and physical precautions to keep the information about you that we have gathered

protected from unauthorized use or access. You should recognize, however, that no

computer system is fully secure and that there are inherent risks associated with the

Internet.

 

10. The Website Is Not Intended for Children Under 13 Years Old. The Website is not

directed to children under the age of 13. We will not knowingly collect or use personal

information from anyone under the age of 13. Minors who are 13 years old or over should

secure the permission of their parent or guardian before providing any information on or

through the Website. We ask parents to be particularly careful in supervising any children

using the Website, especially the interactive portions.

 

11. Access to and Correction of Personal Information Maintained About You/Ability to Opt-

Out of Further Contacts.

 

(A) Access. In the event you wish to determine the nature of the information we have

collected from or about you, please contact us.

(B) Updates and Corrections. In addition, if you have corrections or updates to the

information we are maintaining about you (your address for example), please help us keep

your information accurate by providing us with the corrected information.

(C) Opt Out. In the event that you do not wish to receive future marketing and similar

materials from us (other than those we are required by law or by contract to provide to

you), please contact us and notify us of your request. Our inadvertent failure to comply

with this request shall not be a violation of this policy. Please note that we may have

gathered information about you through other websites, sources, methods, and means

(including through our affiliates) and this opt-out may not necessarily be applied to the

information we have about you that has been provided by these other sources. In addition,

if you opt-out to receive certain information, you may not be able to utilize certain portions

of the Website.

(D) Questions. If you have questions about the operation of this website or other matters,

please direct them to our marketing team.

 

12. Updates to Our Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any

time in our discretion. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy that expand our

rights to use your personal information, we will notify you through a prominent posting on

the Website or by email.